News from the Church in Malta
Pope's visit to Mexico
Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting Mexico from March 23-26. It will be his first visit to the country, which John Paul II visited five times. It is the first leg of a two-country tour of Latin America. The Pope will visit Cuba for three days after leaving Mexico.
The Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico, Archbishop Christophe Pierre said the people of the country are looking forward to the visit… Read more »
The Pope’s Message reads as follows:
On the happy occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of the Most Reverand Joseph Mercieca, Archbishop Emeritus of Malta, I give thanks to God for the many graces bestowed on the Church through the Archbishop’s pastoral charity and dedicated ministry. I pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to sustain Archbishop Mercieca with strong faith and generous love… Read more »
The Interdiocesan Commission for the Environment wishes to refer to the announcement in the local media that the State has offered the possibility for St Augustine College Pieta to make use of the old medical school as a primary school, in lieu of erecting new premises.
The Commission firmly believes that this proposal is two-sided: while it serves as an opportunity to safeguard a so-far undeveloped piece of land, it also acknowledges the necessity of enhancing facilities offered by our schools. … Read more »
On Monday 5th March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met children who attend Catechism lessons at the Catechetical Centre of Tal-Ibrag Church, as part of his pastoral visit to the parish. Later on, the Archbishop met Catechists at the Parish Centre.
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On Monday 5th March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Pastoral Parish Council, the Parish Economical Council and the Commission for the Implementation of the Synod, at the Parish Office of Tal-Ibrag.
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The importance of silence in our relationship with God
Pope Benedict XVI held his weekly General Audience on Wednesday, during which he concluded his series of catechesis of Jesus’ own prayer. The particular focus of Pope Benedict’s remarks was the importance of silence in our relationship with God.
In Christ’s own life and prayer, and especially in his experience of the Cross, we see a constant interplay of word and silence… Read more »
Pope during lenten talks
When life feels like a dark and silent tunnel, faith gives a Christian light and music, Pope Benedict XVI said at the end of his weeklong Lenten retreat.
Congolese Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa led the pope’s retreat Feb. 26-March 3 in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Apostolic Palace, offering the pope and top Vatican officials three meditations each day on the theme “Christians’ Communion With God.”
Thanking the cardinal at the end of the retreat, Pope Benedict said Cardinal Monsengwo “seasoned these meditations with beautiful stories — taken mostly from your beloved African land — which gave us joy and helped us.”
The pope said he was particularly struck by the cardinal’s story about a friend of his who was in a coma and “had the impression of being in a dark tunnel, but at the end he saw a bit of light and heard beautiful music.” “This can be a parable of our lives,” the pope said… Read more »
Sa mit-twaqqif tagħha, il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent dejjem emmnet li l-Knisja ma tistax tgħix f’iżolament mir-realtajiet tal-ħajja, imma trid tidħol fl-istorja tal-bniedem b’mod l-aktar sħiħ u attiv. Għalhekk fil-ħidma tagħha, il-Kummissjoni dejjem stinkat sabiex toħloq opportunitajiet li jwasslu lis-soċjetà Maltija ħalli tirrifletti fuq l-istil ta’ ħajja li tgħix u l-għażliet li tagħmel. Aktar minn hekk, il-Kummissjoni taħdem ukoll sabiex toffri riflessjoni Evanġelika dwar il-ġrajjiet li nkunu qed nesperjenzaw u b’hekk tgħin fit-tfassil ta’ etika ambjentali… Read more »
Is-Segretarjat għal-Lajċi qed jorganizza konferenza fl-okkażjoni ta’ Jum il-Lajċi, nhar il-Ġimgħa 9 ta’ Marzu, 2012. It-tema għal dan is-sena hi ‘Il-Lajkat Nisrani u l-Appostolat tal-Lajċi: Teżori u Ġarar tal-Fuħħar’. L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. se jipparteċipa u jagħmel diskors f’għeluq il-konferenza li se ssir fis-Sala Marija Tereża Spinelli, Triq Bigella, Birkirkara (fuq wara tal-iskola Santa Monika). Il-konferenza tibda fis-6.30 p.m. b’diskors mill-Pro-Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons. Anton Gouder… Read more »
On the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the Ordination to the Priesthood of Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca the Metropolitan Chapter is organising a Concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving at the Mdina Cathedral on Thursday, 8th March 2012, at 6.00p.m.
Mgr. Mercieca was ordained by Bishop Mgr. Joseph Pace on 8th March 1952, in Gozo.
Mgr. Mercieca was born in Victoria, Gozo on 11th November 1928… Read more »
